In our family we are totally biased towards the regular Urad Dosa. Hands down, we would prefer it any day, any time over the Instant Dosas, Rava Dosas etc. Even though making the urad dosa is not hard, preparing the batter is time consuming which requires prep work of grinding and time for fermentation. But when prepared it is worth every bit of time. But when time is the constraint then these easy instant Dosas that require no fermentation or grinding fill the void.

Knowing that I am hard pressed for time during the weekdays; my parents usually send me quick and easy recipe ideas whenever they find one. My mother collects these from friends, TV shows or concocts something on her own. So this Dosa recipe was sent by them. The recipe that she had sent called for tomatoes and wheat flour. I changed it a little bit to suit the taste and requirement of DS.

Some days I prepare this dosa for my son after coming back form work. After coming back, I check his lunch box and there are days when he has hardly finished his lunch. Those are the days when he is super cranky and stubborn; that is when he requires some ‘fuel’ to calm him up.Instead of giving chips, crackers, cookies etc I quickly whip this up and feed the little one. I sometimes also make it during weekends as quick snack or as breakfast. I refer to this as “Jiffy Dosa” while serving my 3 year old. He thinks of it as some fancy Dosa and so far seems to have taken a liking towards it.

Notes: For this Dosa, spreading the onion, sesame, coriander leaves mixture is optional. But at home we like the cooked onion taste as it adds crunch and also sweetness to the Dosa. You can go little extra and also add carrots, spinach, tomatoes etc. This dosa requires little bit more oil that the regular urad daal dosa. Finally this Dosa is not a crispy Dosa.

Ingredients:

Gram Flour(Besan) – 1/2 cup

Rice flour – 1/2 cup

Fine Rava (Sooji/Semolina) -1/2 cup

turmeric powder

salt to taste

Cumin seeds- 1 tsp

green chillies + ginger in paste form

Finely chopped onion½ cup

Sesame seeds and (or) poppy seeds

Handful Chopped coriander leaves

Oil

Yields:

4-5 medium dosas

Method:

Please see the Notes above. Mix all the flour together, along with salt, cumin seeds and turmeric. Add water to a dosa batter consistency (thicker version like for onion dosa).

It is good to have one of these dosai recipes handy. I know what hunger crankiness can do to the kiddies. The dosa looks really good. I like the way you have dressed it up. Grated carrots, beets – the choices seem endless.

Thanks RC! Yeah! After 18yrs, I couldn’t find my bank in Jayanagar! Took 1 1/2 hrs of traveling and asking around to find it and it was buried under a huge bridge and huge roads!:D
Even St.Martha’s was unrecognizable where Arvind did his internship and I used to go there so often. Unbelievable traffic and change, don’t know if it’s good or bad! Metro is coming too!

My poor kids survived somehow. Arvind thinks they are old enough to cook or take care of themselves, so he took them out only in the weekends. I am upset but what can you do? That’s why I never left the kids when they are younger, glad I stayed home!:P

When i saw the picture, I was thinking cheela. It does have the besan, with other things. I will tryy this soon:-).. I do not have the rice flour, but will grind up regular rice i guess.. the onions are for me too. Supriya that is a very very pretty plate:-)